Chicken Cacciatore

Ingredients

• 3  bay leaves 
• 4 pound meat from a rotisserie chicken cut into 8 to 10 pieces
• 1 pound cremini mushrooms cleaned sliced
• 2 cups cooking wine dry white
• 4  garlic cloves smashed finely chopped
• 6 servings kosher salt 
• 6 servings olive oil as needed
• 2 large onions sliced
• 56 ounce plum tomatoes pureed italian canned
• 1  bell pepper red cut into 1/2-inch dice
• 1 pinch pepper flakes red crushed
• 1  bundle thyme 
• 1  bell pepper yellow cut into 1/2-inch dice

Equipment

• frying pan
• pot

Directions

1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. Coat a large, wide pot with olive oil and bring to a high heat. Season the chicken with salt and brown in the hot oil, working in batches if needed.Once all the chicken is brown, remove to a plate and discard most of the excess fat.
3. If needed to coat the bottom of the pan, add 1 tablespoon olive oil.
4. Add the onions and crushed red pepper, then season with salt, and sweat over low heat, 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Add the garlic and sweat for 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Add the peppers, and cook until they are soft, about 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and cook until they are soft.
8. Add the white wine and reduce by half.
9. Return the chicken to the pan and add the tomatoes; taste for seasoning.
10. Add the thyme bundle and bay leaves. Bring the liquid to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Partially cover the pot and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Checkthe level of the sauce periodically during the cooking process and replenish it with water as needed; the level of liquid should be about even with the chicken.
11. Remove the chicken from the pot and place it on a pretty serving platter. Taste the sauce for seasoning, adjust if needed. Skim the surface of the sauce if excessively greasy. Spoon the sauce over the chicken. Taste the chicken!